Brisbane Airport commences construction of Aeromedical Precinct
Queensland’s Brisbane Airport has broken ground on its new $217 million Aeromedical Precinct, the largest multi-tenanted property built by the airport, which will consolidate emergency services based at the airport into one central location from December 2026.
Developed in partnership with the Queensland government, the facility will serve as home to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), LifeFlight, Retrieval Services Queensland and the Queensland Police Service Aviation Capability Group; facilitating vital services for Queensland patients around the clock. Crucially, the Aeromedical Precinct will act as a central hub for emergency agencies currently spread out around the airport, bringing them together to a centralised spot located between the airport’s two parallel runways.
“Not only will these lifesavers work together, they’ll learn from each other,” explained Brisbane Airport CEO Gert-Jan de Graf. “Around 18 patients a day are flown in and out of Brisbane Airport. Those transfers between aircraft and ambulance will now take place inside a patient transfer hub at the core of the Aeromedical Precinct,” he added.
The upcoming development will feature capacity for 26 aircraft alongside additional hangarage, headquarters, and parking space for staff in what LifeFlight chief operating officer Lee Schofield described as a “premier super base”. Administration areas will also be augmented by a medical base for regional patient and donor transfers.
Chief executive officer of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) Meredith Staib highlighted the thirteen thousand patients transferred by aeromedical services every year, many of those via the RFDS’ Queensland base; thanking the “State Government and [the RFDS’] generous supporters for helping bring to life the vision of what will become a crucial patient care facility for many years to come”.
